The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-23
RADICALS In DRY GRINS.
MAHONE'S OLD COHORTS RAISE
A VERY SICKLY SMILE.

The Virginia State Committee Issues
an Address in Reply to That .of the
Roanoke Convention of the Demo-
crats-They Confess Their Allegiance
to Dead Issues.
PETERSBURG, VA, Aug 22-The address
of the Republican State Committee of Vir-
ginia to the people of this State is made
public to-day. 1t is intended as a counter
blast against the Roanoke platform which
it calls ''in reality series of apologies
for broken pledges" 1t says that
it has not been the custom of the Rcpubli
can party to assemble in State convention
ut other times than when necessary to nomi-
nate State ticket or send delegates to
national convention. This party has no ac-
count of any stewardship to render, since
for four years it has had no control over the
administration of State affairs Meanwhile
Republican principles have not changed
since they were formally announced by the
State convention in 1885.
THE SAME OLD FRAUD.
The principles of the Virginia Republicans
are the same as those of the National Re
publican party. Having neither done nor
omitted anything in the discharge of any
duty or trust which needs explanation or
apology, the reasons necessitating the Roam
oke Convention do not exist as to
the Republican party of this State.
Nevertheless, the committee resolved
to present this address, setting forth certain
leading facts of political history contradict
ing the statements Of the Roanoke plat
FORM and to ask Virginia to ponder them
well before they again exercise the right of
suffrage. 1t then deals with the statements
Of that platform in the order in which they
are made. The Roanoke Endorsement of
President Cleveand's administration it
holds to be insincere and inconsist-
ent with the demands for the repeal
of the internal revenue system and the pas
sage of the Blair education bill, because of
the opposition of President Cleveland to the
first and his lack Of endorsement of the
second are known of all men, and further
the Roanoke ntterances upon these subjects
are in opposition to the general policy of
the Democratic party. On the other hand
this address declares that the Republican
party is now practically united in favor of
the repeal of the tax on tobacco, and fruit
distilations and that if restored to power it
will remove the burden which these domes-
ticproducts have so long endured.
THE TARIFF PLANK.
As to the tariff platform of the Roanoke
convention IL lS tlcu 10 De dU NtiTluJlCe Wlbn
the record of the national Democratic party
1t traverses the national platform of the
party. the recommendations of its Presi-
don't and the propositions of its controlling
faction in Congress The Roanoke plat
form declares in favor of revenue derived
from tariff on imports, and in favor of the
repeal of the Internal revenue system
while the record of the Democratic
party of this country consistently and
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verse is the Democratic doctrine
In regard to the State debt, the address
says that all that has ever been done toward
its settlement that has been of practical
value was done while the Republicans CON
trolled the State, and all the efforts of the
Democracy since they have been in power
have tended to unsettle and undo what was
accomplished by the Republicans, and the
result is that the finances of the State are in
a hopeless muddle.
EXTRAvAGANCEA AND MIsMANAGEMENT.
1t also charges the Democracy with ex-
travagance and mismanagement in the
general administration of affairs. 1t
throws cold water upon the suggestion of
Federal aid in the debt settlement, as to the
promised aid for disabled soldiers and
their widows. II says the Republican
party will oheerfully unite in every such
effort in the future as il has in the past, but
it warns the people of Virginia that if the
party now in power is allowed to remain in
control its incompetency and mismanage-
ment will leave no revenues TO be appropri-
ated for the relief Of the soldiers and their
widows. Touching the denuncation of the
surplus in the Treasury, the people of
Virginia are reminded that the accumula~
tion of this surplus was leading
the count in the Democratic indictment OF
the Republicans in the campaign of 1884,
and soIfle further apologies and explana-
tions, it says will doubtless be called for
from the Democratic leaders as TO why this
surplus is SO much larger now under a
Democratic administration than it was
three years ago.
BLESSINGS sARCAsTICALLY ENUMERATED
A sarcastic enumeration is made Of the
blessings" enjoyed under the Democratic
rule. Reference Is made to the results of
last years Congressional elections and 10 the
recent Kentucky elections, and the address
closes as follows: "Undismayed by these
evidences Of the popularity of Demo
cratic rule, and trusting that we may be
forgiven il we disturb the unalloyed happi-
piness of the only class of people known TO
us who are in the enjoyment of these
blessings, to-wit: the Democratic Office
holders, we respectfully submit this
address to the people of Virginia in the hope
and belief that before they resolve 30 vote
again with the Democratic managers Of this
State they will ponder their statements, and
recurring 20 the past contrast our present
condition with the prosperity and content
which pervaded our land under the admin
istration of the Republican party"